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Article: A star sell-off; Dolphin Square, one of London's largest and most famous apartment blocks, will soon be offering its rented flats for sale for the first time in the building's 70-year history. Mira Bar-Hillel takes an early viewing.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 17, 2004
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Byline: MIRA BAR-HILLEL
IT WAS once the home of celebrities including Harold Wilson, Christine Keeler and Princess Anne, even Sir Oswald Mosley.
Current residents include William and Ffion Hague and numerous MPs, judges and senior military officers, who all rent flats in the massive Dolphin Square complex, which is conveniently located for Westminster and Whitehall.
Soon, however, if efforts to sell the head lease of the building are successful, many of the 1,250 flats may be offered for sale to the general public, for the first time in the landmark building's 70-year history.
Westminster City Council and the Dolphin Square Trust have ...